THIS IS THE MOST COMMON QUESTION ASKED BY YALE PARENTS

Yale University Campus may appear to be a safe and secure environment; but as the Yale Daily News headlines to the bottom of the page show, it can be, at times, a dangerous place. We are the Police Officers and Detectives who respond to all campus crimes in progress and make the apprehensions of those responsible. Who would better know about what crimes occur at Yale? These headlines are exemplar of the serious crimes that have ocurred at Yale; crimes in which many of the victims were students.

The men and women of the Yale Police Benevolent Association take our profession very seriously. Through the efforts of the Yale Police patrol officers and detectives, campus crime has been reduced. We are committed to making all Yale, its buildings, streets, and sidewalks, safe for students; but we need your help. For over fifteen months, we have been negotiating a successor labor agreement with Yale University. Our goal from the beginning has been to attain a fair settlement that contains police-oriented benefits, such as pension and disability, to match the job that we perform, and help retain the best qualified officers. Many of our young officers now leave Yale for other police departments with better benefits. Many of our negotiation proposals are low cost, or non-cost items that will support a workplace containing disciplinary due process and employee rights. Presently, the University is holding the negotiations hostage. They are unwilling to present a substantive economic proposal until the Union drops a majority of its proposals, even though many cost Yale nothing. The Yale Police Benevolent Association is ready to negotiate, but against ourselves!TELL YALE TO START SUPPORTING ITS COPS, NOW!

"STUDENT RAPED ON HIGH STREET"
MARCH 20, 1995*

"ATTEMPTED ROBBERY BREAKS BONES"
APRIL 14,1997*

"THREE ROBBERIES MARKED THE YALE CAMPUS DURING THANKSGIVING BREAK, INCLUDING TWO AT GUNPOINT"
DECEMBER 4, 1996*

"ASSAULT NEAR MEDICAL SCHOOL SPURS CALLS FOR MORE SECURITY"
FEBRUARY 14, 1997*

"TWO ARREST FOR GUN AND GUN POSSESSION NEAR TIMOTHY DWIGHT"
SEPTEMBER 11, 1996*

"UNIVERSITY POLICE FIND SEXUAL ASSAULT FELON IN WLH"
FEBRUARY 26, 1997*

"MUGGINGS, CRIMES LEAVE STUDENTS MULLING SAFETY"
SEPTEMBER 30, 1996*

"TWO STUDENTS MUGGED OUTSIDE TD"
SEPTEMBER 25, 1995*

"THUGS ATTACK YALIE IN ALLEY NEAR CO-OP"
OCTOBER 30, 1995*

"TEENS COUGHT AFTER MEDICAL SCHOOL CARJACKING"
FEBRUARY 26, 1997*

"LATE NIGHT SCUFFLE ENDS WITH STABBING ON YORK STREET"
SEPTEMBER 15, 1997*

"WALL STREET MARKET HIT BY ROBBERS, NO ONE HURT"
APRIL 21, 1997*

"CHAPEL STREET ATTACKER NABBED"
SEPTEMBER 17, 1997*

"CITY'S VIOLENT CRIME RATE RISES 11 PERCENT"
FEBRUARY 28, 1997*

*All Headlines taken from the YALE DAILY NEWS.

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